JP2001078173A - Intercom device with transfer function - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an intercom apparatus with a transfer function capable of capturing an image of a person who has posted an object to a postal mailbox and transferring the image to an external communication terminal with a monitor television. SOLUTION: A postal terminal 1 of an intercom including a mailing detecting means 61 for detecting that an object has been mailed to a postal mailbox, and an imaging means 13 for imaging a visitor and a person who mails the mailbox. An intercom master unit terminal 2 is connected to the detection means and the slave unit terminal and connected to an external communication terminal 5 via the communication line 4. An automatic calling means for calling the registered communication terminal, a connection for receiving the response from the communication terminal, connecting the imaging means 13 to the image display means 52 of the communication terminal, and transferring image information taken by the imaging means to the image display means; It has control means 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera of an intercom system with a camera installed at, for example, the entrance of a dwelling unit, for capturing an image of a person who posts an object in a mailbox, and transferring the captured information to an external communication terminal. The present invention relates to an intercom device with a transfer function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a slave terminal having a communication device including a speaker and a microphone has been installed at the entrance of a dwelling unit, and a master terminal having a communication device also including a speaker and a microphone has been installed in a dwelling unit. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known an intercom apparatus in which terminals are connected via a dedicated line.

In this intercom apparatus, when a visitor presses a call button of a slave terminal, a calling chime of the master terminal sounds, and in response, the resident responds with the calling device of the master terminal, and the slave unit responds. The voice communication between the communication device of the terminal and the communication device of the master terminal is performed.

[0004] Further, a TV camera is provided in the slave terminal, a monitor TV is provided in the master terminal, and the image of the visitor captured by the TV camera is displayed on the monitor TV, and the resident checks the state to provide a security function. Enhanced devices have also been proposed.

[0005] When a call is received from a child terminal while a resident is out of the office, the parent terminal automatically calls a communication terminal (such as an outgoing telephone or mobile telephone) registered in advance.
There has also been proposed an intercom device with a transfer function in which a visitor and a resident can communicate in real time by connecting a slave terminal and a communication terminal (for example, JP-A-6-164746). ).

[0006]

However, the conventional intercom apparatus cannot capture an image of a person who posts an object to a postal mailbox, so that, for example, a suspicious postal object or a suspicious object for harassment is removed. There was a problem that the person posting the mail could not be identified.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem. The present invention captures an image of a person who has posted an item in a mail box, and displays the image on a monitor television of a master terminal and an external monitor. It is an object of the present invention to provide an intercom device with a transfer function that can transfer to a communication terminal with a television.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An intercom apparatus with a transfer function according to the present invention includes a mailing detecting means for detecting that an object has been posted in a mail box, and an image of a visitor and an image of a person posting in the mail box. An intercom slave terminal provided with an imaging means for performing, a mailing detection means and a master unit terminal of the interphone connected to an external communication terminal via a communication line connected to the slave terminal and a master terminal, An automatic calling means for receiving a detection signal from the mailing detection means and calling a communication terminal registered in advance, and an image pickup means connected to an image display means of the communication terminal in response to a response from the communication terminal. Connection control means for transferring image information to the image display means.

With this configuration, the master terminal calls the external communication terminal when receiving the detection signal from the mailing detection means, and upon receiving a response from the communication terminal, displays the image of the mailer photographed by the imaging means on the communication terminal. Will be transferred to the means.

The master terminal of the intercom apparatus with a transfer function according to the present invention includes image display means, receives a detection signal from the mailing detection means, and displays an image of a person who mails the mail to the mail receiving terminal. It is displayed on the display means.

With this configuration, when the master terminal receives the detection signal from the mailing detection means, the master terminal displays the image of the mailer photographed by the imaging means on the image display means.

Further, the master terminal of the intercom apparatus with a transfer function according to the present invention includes an image recording means, receives a detection signal from the mailing detection means, records an image of a person to be mailed to a postal mailbox, and stores the image in a communication terminal. The image recorded in the image recording means is transferred to the image display means of the communication terminal based on the instruction from the communication terminal.

[0013] With this configuration, when the master terminal receives the detection signal from the mailing detection means, it records the image of the person to be mailed to the mail box in the image recording means, and when the communication terminal requests this recorded image information. This is transferred to the image display means of the communication terminal.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an intercom apparatus with a transfer function according to an embodiment of the present invention. This device is provided with a slave terminal 1 installed at the entrance of a dwelling unit or the like and functioning as a slave unit of an intercom, a master unit terminal 2 installed in a dwelling unit and functioning as a master unit of an intercom, and a dedicated line connecting these two terminals. The master terminal 2 is connected to a communication terminal 5 via a telephone network 4 and an exchange (not shown). Further, the apparatus includes a mailbox 6 installed near the child device terminal 1 and a dedicated line 7 connecting the mailbox 6 and the parent device terminal 2.

The slave terminal 1 is provided with a communication device 11 comprising a speaker and a microphone, a call button 12 as a call operation means, and a television camera 13 as an image pickup means. The television camera 13 is installed at a position where it can image a visitor and an image of a person who posts an object to the mailbox 6.

The parent device terminal 2 includes a control device 21 constituting connection control means, a child device connection circuit 22 for connecting the control device 21 to the dedicated line 3, and a telephone network interface for connecting the control device 21 to the telephone network 4. (I / F) 23 is a main component.

In addition to the above, the base unit terminal 2 has a communication device 24 having a speaker and a microphone, a dial button 25 for inputting a telephone number of the other party, a transfer for issuing a connection command between the slave unit terminal 1 and the registered communication terminal 5. A setting button 26, an annunciator 27 for outputting various annunciation sounds such as a ringing chime sound, an automatic calling circuit 28 for automatically calling the registered communication terminal 5, and a number memory for storing a subscriber number of the communication terminal 5 to be called. 29, a monitor television 30 as an image display means for displaying an image captured by the television camera 13, a message storage circuit 31 storing various message data,
An image recording circuit 32 and a sensor input circuit 33 for connecting the control device 21 to the dedicated line 7 are provided.

The communication terminal 5 comprises a communication device 51 having a speaker and a microphone, a dial button 52 for inputting a telephone number of the other party, and a monitor television 53 as an image display means having an LCD (liquid crystal display).

The mailbox 6 includes a mailing detection sensor 61 as mailing detection means for detecting the operation of the opening / closing door of the mailing port.
When an object is posted to the mail receiving box 6, the posting detection sensor 61
Are turned on. Mailing detection sensor 61
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other sensors can be used as long as it can detect that an object has been posted. For example, a mat-shaped pressure sensor that operates by the weight of the mail may be laid on the bottom surface of the mailbox 6.

Next, the operation when the transfer setting button 26 is set to the non-transfer mode will be described.

When an object is posted to the mailbox 6, a mailbox detection signal is sent from the sensor 61 to the sensor input circuit 33 with the opening operation of the door of the mailbox 6. When receiving the detection signal, control device 21 sends a signal to slave terminal 1 to operate television camera 13. At the same time, the monitor television 30 and the image recording circuit 32 are operated to display the image captured by the television camera 13 on the monitor television 30 and to record the image in the image recording circuit 32. Thus, the person who has posted the item to the mailbox 6 can be specified.

Also, when the visitor presses the call button 1 of the slave terminal 1
When 2 is pressed, the call signal is transmitted to the slave unit connection circuit 22 of the master terminal 2 via the dedicated line 3. Upon receiving the calling signal from the handset connection circuit 22, the control device 21 controls the alarm 27 to sound a calling chime, sends a signal to the handset terminal 1, and activates the communication device 11 and the television camera 13.

Resident responds to the ringing chime by the caller 2
When a response is made at 4, the communication device 11 of the slave terminal 1 and the communication device 24 of the master terminal 2 are connected, and a voice call can be made between the two devices. At the same time, the TV camera 1 of the slave terminal 1
3 is connected to the monitor TV 30 of the master terminal 2 so that the resident can talk while checking the appearance of the visitor displayed on the monitor TV 30.

Next, the operation when the transfer setting button 26 is set to the transfer mode will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the sensor 61 of the mail box 6 is activated (step S1), the control device 21 determines that an article has been posted to the mail box 6, and sends a signal to the slave terminal 1 to drive the television camera 13. (Step S2). Further, the monitor TV 30 and the image recording circuit 32 are driven to display an image captured by the television camera 13 on the monitor television 30 and to record the image in the image recording circuit 32 (step S3).

Next, the control device 21 controls the telephone network I / F 23
A calling process is performed for an exchange (not shown) connected to the telephone network 4 via the network (step S4). As a result, when a dial tone is detected by the telephone network I / F 23, the control device 21 reads out the subscriber number of the communication terminal 5 registered in the number memory 29 (step S5), and the automatic calling circuit 2
8 to send a dial signal from the telephone network I / F 23 to the exchange (step S6).

When the response of the communication terminal 5 is detected by the telephone network I / F 23 (step S7), the control device 21 reads out a message indicating that there is mailing in the postal mailbox 6 from the message storage circuit 31, and sends a voice or voice message to the communication terminal 5. The notification is made by an image (step S8).

After that, the control device 21
And the telephone network I / F 23 to form an image transmission path, and transmit an image captured by the television camera 13 of the slave terminal 1 to the monitor television 53 of the communication terminal 5 (step S).
9). The image to be transmitted may be a moving image or a still image.

Next, when detecting that the confirmation button has been operated with the dial button 52 of the communication terminal 5 (step S10), the control device 21 controls the telephone network I / F 23 to disconnect the connection with the communication terminal 5. And the slave unit connection circuit 22
And disconnects the connection from the telephone network I / F 23 (step S1).
1), end the transfer process.

If there is no response from the communication terminal 5 in step S7 or if the communication terminal 5 is busy, the control device 21 sets the telephone network I / F
23 is disconnected from the communication terminal 5 (step S11), and the transfer process is terminated.

In this embodiment, the TV camera 1
3 has been described in which the image captured by the communication terminal 5 is transmitted to the monitor television 53 of the communication terminal 5 in real time.
2 can be transferred to the communication terminal 5 and displayed on the monitor television 53. In this way, it is possible to specify who is the person who has posted the mailbox 6 from outside.

Next, the visitor sets the call button 1 on the slave terminal 1.
The operation when 2 is pressed will be described.

In this case, first, when the visitor presses the call button 12 of the handset terminal 1 (steps S1, S21), the control device 21 receives the call signal via the dedicated line 3 and the handset connection circuit 22. Then, the alarm 27 is controlled to sound a ringing chime (step S22).

The control device 21 sends a signal to the slave terminal 1 to drive the communication device 11 and the television camera 13 (step S23). Further, the control device 21 controls the telephone network I /
Call processing is performed for an exchange (not shown) connected to the telephone network 4 via F23 (step S24).

As a result, when the dial tone is detected by the telephone network I / F 23, the control device 21 reads out the subscriber number of the communication terminal 5 registered in the number memory 29 (step S25), and the automatic calling circuit 28 Under control, a dial signal is transmitted from the telephone network I / F 23 to the exchange (step S26).

The response from the communication terminal 5 is transmitted to the telephone network I / F 23
(Step S27), the control device 21 reads a message indicating that there is a visitor from the message storage circuit 31, and notifies the transfer destination communication terminal 5 by voice or image (step S28).

Thereafter, the control device 21 controls the slave unit connection circuit 22
The telephone network I / F 23 is connected to form a communication path between the communication device 11 of the slave terminal 1 and the communication device 51 of the communication device 5 to enable voice communication. Slave terminal 1 at the same time
Is transmitted to the monitor television 53 of the communication terminal 5 (step S29).

Next, when the control device 21 detects that the communication terminal 5 has finished talking (step S30), it controls the telephone network I / F 23 to disconnect the connection with the communication terminal 5.
Further, the connection between the slave unit connection circuit 22 and the telephone network I / F 23 is disconnected (step S11), and the transfer process is terminated.

If there is no response from the communication terminal 5 in step S27, or if the terminal is busy, the control device 21
By controlling F23, the connection with the communication terminal 5 is disconnected (step S11), and the transfer process ends.

In the above-described embodiment, the description has been given of the integrated configuration in which the master terminal has both the slave terminal connection function and the communication terminal transfer function. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which both devices are connected to realize the above-mentioned slave terminal connection function and communication terminal transfer function.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the posting detection of a mail or the like is detected by the posting detection means installed in the mail box, the imaging means is operated to image the person who posted the mail.
Since the image information is transferred to the external communication terminal, there is an advantageous effect that a suspicious mail or a person who has posted an object for the purpose of harassment can be specified at the communication terminal outside.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an intercom apparatus with a transfer function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the intercom apparatus with a transfer function according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slave terminal 2 Base unit terminal 3 Dedicated line 4 Telephone network 5 Communication terminal 6 Mailbox 11 Talk device 12 Call button 13 Television camera 21 Control device 22 Slave device connection circuit 23 Telephone network I / F 24 Talk device 25 Dial button 26 Transfer setting button 27 Alarm 28 Automatic calling circuit 29 Number memory 30 Monitor television 31 Message storage circuit 32 Image recording circuit 33 Sensor input circuit 51 Communication device 52 Dial button 53 Monitor television 61 Mailing detection sensor

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yasuhiro Kuramochi 4-3-1 Tsunashima Higashi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Naoyuki Toyama Tsunashima-Higashi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture 4-3-1, Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B049 AA05 CC48 DD00 EE07 EE56 FF01 GG02 5C054 DA01 DA09 EA03 GB01 HA18 HA22 5K038 AA05 CC02 DD15 DD18 DD22 DD23 FF12

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An intercom slave terminal including: a post detection unit that detects that an object has been posted to a postal mailbox; and an imaging unit that captures an image of a visitor and an image of a person who posts the postal mailbox. A base unit terminal of an intercom connected to the posting detection unit and the slave unit terminal and connected to an external communication terminal via a communication line, wherein the base unit terminal receives a detection signal from the posting detection unit Automatic call means for calling the communication terminal registered in advance, and receiving the response from the communication terminal, connecting the image pickup means and the image display means of the communication terminal, and displaying the image information picked up by the image pickup means. An intercom device with a transfer function, comprising: connection control means for transferring to an image display means. 2. The master terminal includes image display means, and displays an image of a person who posts a mail to a postal mailbox by receiving a detection signal from the posting detection means on an image display means of the master terminal. The intercom device with a transfer function according to claim 1. 3. The master terminal includes image recording means, receives a detection signal from the mailing detection means, records an image of a person who mails the mail to a mail box, and records the image of the person based on an instruction from the communication terminal. 2. The intercom device with a transfer function according to claim 1, wherein the image recorded in the image recording unit is transferred to an image display unit of the communication terminal.